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Anas Baba photographs year of Gaza ceasefire, continued Israeli strikes

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  • Anas Baba's NPR photo essay marks one year of the Gaza ceasefire, documenting moments of respite and continued grief over the past 12 months.
  • Israel has expanded its military control to roughly 70% of Gaza, squeezing more than 2 million Palestinians toward the coast, according to NPR.
  • Israeli attacks killed more than 1,400 Palestinians during the ceasefire year, nearly 500 of them women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
  • No international peacekeeping force promised in the ceasefire deal has been deployed, and reconstruction has not begun.
  • U.N.-backed experts declared famine in northern Gaza last year; more food has since entered the territory, reversing starvation across Gaza.
 2026-10-10 · 3 MIN READ

Afghan couple reflects on 25 years since U.S. invasion

Illustration accompanying article: Afghan couple reflects on 25 years since U.S. invasion
  • NPR published a StoryCorps segment by Jey Born on October 9, 2026, featuring an Afghan couple marking 25 years since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
  • The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan began in October 2001, 25 years before the segment's publication.
  • The Afghan couple shared their experience after the invasion and the eventual U.S. withdrawal, according to NPR.
  • StoryCorps is the project through which the couple offered their account.
 2026-10-09 · 3 MIN READ
Illustration accompanying article: Reader donations fund surgery for Somali boy injured in US drone strike